Sharp County record., 1887-05-12

blood, and muscle, aud nerve of half-pas
clerks. Such men as-well, | will no "
mention any name. But mean men wbn
have gathered up vast estates at the er, /.
pense of the people who were group :
under their heel. :,
"Oh,n say such merchants, 'If you don't =
like it here, then go and get better +
place"
As much as to say: di
ave got you in my grip, and mean II 7
hold you; you can't get any other places re-
o. what contrast we see between sucb 4
men and those Christian merchants NJ l
Brooklyn and New York who to-day ara -
sympathetic with their clerks-when thev =
nav the salary, acting in this way:
'This salary that / give you is not all lii
my interest in you. You are an immortal 7
man: YOU are an immortal woman; an hi
interested in your present and your ever. i
lasting welfare; want you to understanl pc
that if | am little higher up in hi, =
store | am beside you in Christian SYM %, =,
pathy." b.
Go back forty years to Arthur Tappen, d.
store in New Y ork-a man whose worst S.
enemies never questioned his honesty |.
Every morning, he brought all Tia en-
clerks. and the accountants, and bas
weighers into room for devOtioDs 80
They sang. They prayed Thcy on; n
exhorted. On Monday morning the c'erk sf''
were asked where they had attend, The
church on the previous day, and what tln /. ,
sermons were about. 1t must hay4 . Il
sounded strangely, that voice of praly 'e
along the streets where the devotees Of ye'
mammon were counting their golden %
beads. You say Arthur Tappen failed ~. ~,
Yes. he was unfortunate, like great A.
MANY coed men; but | understand he mettio,
all his obligations before he left this ven
world, and | know that he died in ths he
peace of the gospel, and that he is before OF
the throne of God to-day-forever blessed
If that be failing, wish that you may al
fail. There are a great many young men, ,
in this city-yea, in this housewife wanl,h
n word of encouragement, Christian en- q .
couragement. One smile of good cheer y.
would be worth more to them tomorrow h,
morning in their places Of business thar rhe
a present of s. 900 ten years hence. We,
o, remember the apprehension and oad
lIp UTpIllUE VI lCl L OiSooiOH iWn1l
member very well the man who greeted ev,
ME in the ecclesiastical court with the Tined
ends of the long fingers of the left hani;A fl
and | remember the other man who tool ,sef
nv hand in both of his and said: mr.
''God bless you, my brother; you hannity
entered q glorious profession; be faithfl sin
to God and he will see you through" the
Why, l feel this minute the thrill Of thawar
hand shaking, though the man who gaBnk,
me the Christian grip has been in Heayel goc
TWENTY-FIVE years. There ara old men b 3ov
day who can look back to forty years agl sse
when some one said a kind word to then In q
Now, old men, ply back what y@sntl
got then. 1t is great art for Oi,tio
men to be able to encourage thisin
Young There are many young people nctio
our cities who have come from inlaR que
counties Of our own State, from the grsnsasl
ite hills Of the North, from the savannahses,
of the South, from the prairies OF NAloa
West. They are here TO get their fornefl
une. They are IN boarding-houses whednvt
every body seems to be thinking Of hiHan '
self. They want mpanionship, and th7 Tex
want Christian encouragement Give at 3
70 them. OK
Nv word is to all clerks in this house ca
Be mightier than your temptations. Ut
Sandwich Islander used to think when aarne
slew an enemy all the strength OF thlysi'
enemy came into his own right arm. Alear
have to tell you that every misforuArry
YOU conquer is so much added to yoTe st
moral power. With omnipotence for lme,
lever and the throne Of God for dec
fulcrum, you can move earth aime.
Heaven. While there are other yCulAt 7
men putting the cup Of sin to their lNand
stoop down and drink out Of the fopntaH' 'id 9
of God, and you will rise up strong ere
thresh the mountains. The ancients u2cCu
to think that pearls were fallen raindNHrano
which, touching the surface Of the@auu
hardened into gems, then dropped 10 vonin u
bottom. have to tell you to-day wranc
storms Of trial have showercd impersand
able pearls into many young mans y eau'
o, young mani while you have goods riss,
sell, remember you have soul to ano Y
In hospital Christian captain, wOun'ecor
ed few days before, got delirious' ana alVsio =
the midnight hour he sprang out on Ar1
floor of the hospital, thinking he was ieu
,ho hott,o crying. Iards
"Come on, boys Forward ChargeP any,
Ahl he was only battling the speCsp''Vv.'
of his own brain. But it is no imagMonst Y
conflict into which l call you, young n'igne
to-day. There are ten thousand spln'IsooA
foes that would capture you In the ns.no
of God up and at them. After the puoor
store has been closed, after the last %as'
has gone down, after the shufne Oh -
quick feet on the custom-house steps D,' re, =
stopped, after the long line OF merCn' ~,
men on the sea have taken sail or nap : y =
after Brooklyn and New York and Lonu,o,,'' - :
and Vienna have gone down into the gfsn
where Thebes and Babylon and Tyre sosn w.
buried, after the great fire bells OIL 80. snss
Judgment Day have tolled at the ouln In q 10
of world on that day, all the anSl' iaith
the DanKlh8-nouseS anu o'''O The
up Tor lnspectiou' orrt hobng tn
y, %hat an opening oi aI 80 men VI Mrs
Side by side, the clerks and the men A. the
employed them-the people VINO N..ni,es
thread d-and-needle stores on tno ~ WIDOW
footing with the Stewards, and tne aate a
nos, and the Abbotts, and the D%h pau. reese,
Every invoice maze ouS-al o.. all lsp 3owie
goods all certificates of stock, all 10. ecad
prices, all private marks OF the nrm, ,,,aer ds
explained so every body can unae.' m.
them. All the maps of cities tnas ''.cboo,
never built, but in which lots WeIe !.
All bargains All gougings. All a ~
judgments. All false entries All au .,,rssfp1 :,
alton of liquors with copperas anu q" p.uds
nine. All mixing OF teas, ana susa iarre